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3.1.2 - carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides 1,
How are disaccharides formed 2,
What type of bond is formed in be...
36  cards
3.1.3 lipids
What are triglycerides formed from 1,
How do triglycerides interact wit...,
Are fatty acid chains in phosphol...
12  cards
3.1.4.1 proteins
What is the monomer of a protein 1,
What are the three groups that ma...,
How many different r groups amino...
30  cards
3.1.4.2 enzymes
What are enzymes 1,
What type of proteins are enzymes 2,
Examples of intracellular enzymes 3
20  cards
3.1.5.1 nucleic acid structure
What is the function of dna 1,
What is dna a polymer of 2,
How are nucleotides formed 3
25  cards
3.1.5.2 DNA replication
What are the enzymes used in dna ...,
What s the process of dna replica...
2  cards
3.1.6 ATP
What is the name of atp 1,
What is the structure of atp 2,
How is atp formed 3
16  cards
3.1.7 water
What are the 5 properties of water 1,
What s the importance of water be...,
What s the importance of water be...
6  cards
3.1.8 ions
What is the role of hydrogen ions 1,
What is the role of iron ions 2,
What is the role of sodium ions 3
6  cards
3.2.1.1 eukaryotic cells
What are some characteristics of ...,
What are some key structures of t...,
What is the nuclear envelope 3
37  cards
3.2.1.2 prokaryotic cells and viruses
What are the organelle structures...,
What is the size difference in pr...,
What s the function of the cell w...
17  cards
3.2.1.3 studying cells
What is the definition of magnifi...,
What is the definition of resolut...,
What max magnification does a lig...
27  cards
3.2.2 mitosis and cell cycle
In which cells does the cell cycl...,
What is the order of the cell cyc...,
What is g1 3
20  cards
3.2.3 transport across cell membranes
What is the cell surface membrane...,
What is the structure of a phosph...,
What are the functions of the cel...
39  cards
3.3.1 SA:V
What is the equation covering the...,
What is the relationship between ...,
What is the relationship between ...
4  cards
3.3.3 digestion and absorption
What is the role of the mouth 1,
What is produced in the liver 2,
Where is bile stored 3
28  cards
3.3.4.1 mass transport in animals - circulation
What is the role of the papillary...,
What is the route of deoxygenated...,
What is the route of oxygenated b...
47  cards
3.3.4.1 mass transport in animals - haemoglobin
What is the specialisation of rbc...,
What is the structure of haemoglo...,
What is partial pressure of gas 3
14  cards
3.4.1 DNA, genes and chromosomes.
What s the differences in structu...,
What is a gene 2,
What is the genome of a cell 3
14  cards
3.4.2 DNA and protein synthesis
What is the structure of mrna 1,
What is the structure of trna 2,
What is the route of protein synt...
8  cards
3.4.3 meiosis and mutations
What happens in meiosis 1 1,
What happens in meiosis 2 2,
What is independent segregation 3
20  cards
3.4.4 natural selection
What is genetic variation 1,
How is genetic variation related ...,
What is genetic diversity 3
17  cards
3.4.5 species and taxonomy
What is a genus 1,
What is a species 2,
What is the biological species co...
12  cards
3.4.6 biodiversity
What is genetic diversity 1,
What is species diversity 2,
What is ecosystem diversity 3
12  cards
3.4.7 investigating diversity
How can genetic diversity variati...,
How do you make qualitative compa...
2  cards
3.5.3 energy transfers in ecosystems
What is the equation for energy t...,
What is a saprobiont 2,
Why is energy transfer so ineffic...
26  cards
3.7.4 populations in ecosystems
What is sampling 1,
How do you work out abundance usi...,
What is used in systematic sampli...
25  cards
3.8.1 mutations
What is a gene mutation 1,
When does a gene mutation occur 2,
What can increase the rate of mut...
15  cards

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